Priory Primary School, Bicknacre
Bicknacre Road, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4ES
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head teacher
- Ms Claire Laver
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 153
- URN
- 115000
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01245225450
About this school
Priory Primary School, Bicknacre is a community primary school in Chelmsford. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 153 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 26 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 46% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 12% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 77% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 50% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 58% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Priory Primary School, Bicknacre has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 180 |
| 2023/24 | 154 |
| 2024/25 | 142 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Priory Primary School, Bicknacre compares
Priory Primary School, Bicknacre ranked 217th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 5.8% | 12% | 153 | — |
| East Hanningfield Church of England Primary Academy | — | — | — | 109 | 1.5 miles |
| St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury | 71% | 5.6% | 16.9% | 222 | 1.6 miles |
| Danbury Park Community Primary School | 71% | 3.9% | 4.9% | 250 | 1.7 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | 69% | 8.3% | 33.9% | 58 | 2.1 miles |
| Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy | — | — | — | 75 | 2.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 March 2026
- 7 June 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.97%
- English as an additional language
- 2.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.82%
- Persistent absence
- 11.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
East Hanningfield Church of England Primary Academy1.5 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury1.6 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Danbury Park Community Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Danbury
-
St Mary's Church of England Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy2.9 miles
Primary · Maldon
Other schools in Chelmsford
Priory Primary School, Bicknacre ranks 28th of the 46 ranked primary schools in Chelmsford.
- Baddow Hall Infant School Primary
- Baddow Hall Junior School Primary
- Barnes Farm Primary School Primary
- Beehive Lane Community Primary School Primary
- Boreham Primary School Primary
- Broomfield Primary School Primary
- Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford Primary
- Christchurch Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cold Norton Primary School Primary
- Collingwood Primary School Primary
- East Hanningfield Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Elmwood Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Priory Primary School, Bicknacre teach?
- Priory Primary School, Bicknacre teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chelmsford.
- Who is the head teacher of Priory Primary School, Bicknacre?
- The head teacher of Priory Primary School, Bicknacre is Ms Claire Laver, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Priory Primary School, Bicknacre last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Priory Primary School, Bicknacre, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Priory Primary School, Bicknacre?
- Priory Primary School, Bicknacre has 153 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Priory Primary School, Bicknacre full?
- Priory Primary School, Bicknacre has capacity for 210 pupils and 153 on roll (73%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Priory Primary School, Bicknacre a faith school?
- No. Priory Primary School, Bicknacre has no designated religious character.
- Does Priory Primary School, Bicknacre have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Priory Primary School, Bicknacre as having no nursery classes.
- How have Priory Primary School, Bicknacre's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Priory Primary School, Bicknacre rank locally?
- Priory Primary School, Bicknacre ranked 217th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Priory Primary School, Bicknacre's absence rate?
- Priory Primary School, Bicknacre's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Priory Primary School, Bicknacre's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Priory Primary School, Bicknacre's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.